An Epstein Barr virus-related cross reactive autoimmune response in multiple sclerosis in Norway

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Vaughan, J H ^a   Riise, T ^c   Rhodes, G H ^b   Nguyen, M D ^b   Barrett Connor, E ^a   Nyland, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

autoantibody; Epstein Barr virus; Epstein Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA 1); multiple sclerosis; neuroglial

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0030249842     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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